Short-Term Public Finance Management Expert

AMIDEAST/Lebanon is looking for a short-term Public Financial Management (PFM) Expert to work on an education-related project.

The main short-term tasks that the PFM Expert will handle include:

-Completion and approval of the finance manual. (Number of days required for this task is 15 days to be completed by Mid-July)

-Creation of a dynamic procurement management template which can track process against a planned timeline and see what is lagging behind and what is on track. (Number of days required for this task is 10 days to be completed by August)

-Support on budget preparation for 2018-2019. (Number of days required for this task is 10 days to be completed by September)

Required Qualifications:

-A Masters in Economics (ideally with Education)

-A qualification or substantial formal experience of education sector financing

-At least 10 years’ experience of supporting governments in financing and budgeting

-Excellent knowledge of the major multilateral and bilateral donors aid instruments and OECD DAC aid effectiveness principles

-Extensive technical and operational experience of using Public Expenditure information (PER, PETs etc) as well as practical application of Value For Money metrics in education

-Knowledge of the current structure and challenges facing the education system in Lebanon

-Demonstrated ability to stimulate focused and productive dialogue at government senior level

-Strong leadership skills and team management abilities

-Strong public presentation and communication skills in Arabic, and either English or French

Interested candidates should send a resume to rmelki@amideast.org with the following in the subject line: “PFM Expert”. The deadline to apply is Thursday, June 21, 2018. Additional details about this vacancy will be provided at a later stage.